Cover for flatiron stands



Ju e 14; 1927.

E. M. PREQR COVER FOR FLATIRON STANDS Filed Aug. 13, 1921 2 if?" TERA/EX Patented June 14, 1927.

train srMr Ernst. M. PRIOR, or HARTFORD, eonnnorioor.

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Application filed August 13, 1921. Serial No. 191,940,

My invention relates to the class oi devices within which a tlabiron stand may be enclosed for the purpose of protecting articles ot lumiture upon which the stand may be set, and also tor the purpose of pre venting the flat-iron stand from being uuduly heated, and an object of my invention, aumng others, is to provide a device of this kind that shall etifectively accomplish the purposes for which it is designed.

One form of my improved flat-iron stand, and in the construction and use of which the objects herein set out, as well as others, may be attained, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top view of my improved flat-iron stand cover.

Figure 2 is a view in vertical, central longitudinal section through the same.

Figure 3 is a view in cross-section through the same.

Flat-iron stands in use at the present time are composed, as to many of them, of metal, a type of stand in general use comprising two plates of metal, one forming the base and the other forming the top, joined by spiral springs. These stands are especially designed for use with an electric fiat-iron, and the inherent qualities of the stand make them more or less noisy, and the heat conducting qualities have in numerous instances caused damage to articles of furniture on which the stand may rest, when the electric current has inadvertently been allowed to flow to the flat-iron for considerable lengths of time with the fiat-iron resting upon the stand.

My invention overcomes the objections hereinabove set out by providing a cover that is an insulator both of heat and of noise, such cover being shown in the accompanying drawings in which the numeral 5 indicates the top of my improved flat-iron stand cover that may be made generally in the shape of a flat-iron in common use, and as shown in Fig. l of the drawings. This top is formed from asbestos or other heat non-conducting material and of proper thickness to withstand the uses to which it may be put. Sides 6, preferably of flexible material, are secured at their upper edges to opposite edges of the top 5, and a bottom 7 extends from the lower edges of the sides substantially parallel with the top. The bottom is composed of some soft, sound insulating material as felt, and in the preferred form, and as illustrated in the drawings heiein-fthe sides'and bottom will be formed of a single piece of such material, the bottom being of the general shape of the top and the whole forming a case of the general form of the flat-iron stand which is to be enclosed within it.

The upper edges oi the sides may be secured to top in any suitable manner, in the preferred form of construction a binding piece 8, of metal or other suitable material, being clamped to the edges of the top and sides, the latter being overturned for this purpose and as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. This binding piece may be secured in place as by forming it into a grooved piece and compressing or spinning it to tightly engage the edges of the top and sides in a manner that will be readily understood.

As thus constructed the case comprises a pointed end 9 and an open end 10 within which open end the fiat-iron stand may be inserted, such stand being illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 3 and comprising top and bottom plates 11 and 12 joined by springs 13. The bottom piece 7 may be extended at the back, or open end of the case, to provides flap 14; to which members 15 of ball and socket fasteners may be secured to engage other members 16 of such tasteners on the top 5.

My improved flat-iron stand cover, constructed as above described, provides means whereby noise in the use oi. a flat-iron is substantially eliminated, and the heat from the flat-iron is prevented from being communicated to the bottom part of the stand to an extent that would prove injurious. The insulating of the iiat-iron "from the fiatiron stand also economizes heat that is an important factor in the use of an electric flat-iron, as the radiation from the flat-iron stand being prevented, the flat-iron may be heated. in a shorter time than would be the case it the flat-iron rest-ed directly upon the metal stand, and, likewise, the heat in the flat-iron will be retained therein for a longer period than would be the case it the flat-iron rested directly upon the flat-iron stand.

While the top has been illustrated and described herein as composed of insulating material, I do not confine my invention to an insulating material thus placed.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes I have described the principles of operation of my invention, together With the device which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof; but I desire to have it understood that the device shown is only illustrative and that the invention may be carried out by such other means and applied to such uses other than those above set out as fall Within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim 1. A cover of flexible material formed to receive and inclose' a flatiron stand, said cover comprising atop part located over and a bottom part located underneath said stand and connected together, one of said parts being formed 01' a material to prevent the transmission of heat from a flatiron resting upon said cover and stand to the surface upon which the cover rests.

2. A cover for a flat-iron stand, said cover comprising a top and a bottom, each formed With a Wide, straight back end and a pointed front end, and sides joining said top and bottom and forming an enclosed case except as to the back end.

ETHEL M. PRIOR. 

